Sid Caesar and Your show of shows : the birth of the television sketch comedy series /
"In the early days of television, "comedy" often meant stale vaudeville routines and stand-up. Then, in 1950, a new comedy-variety show debuted on NBC-Your Show of Shows. Its gifted and mercurial star, Sid Caesar, talented ensemble cast and superb writing staff-including Mel Brooks, N...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
[2021]
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| Summary: | "In the early days of television, "comedy" often meant stale vaudeville routines and stand-up. Then, in 1950, a new comedy-variety show debuted on NBC-Your Show of Shows. Its gifted and mercurial star, Sid Caesar, talented ensemble cast and superb writing staff-including Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, Lucille Kallen and Mel Tolkin-would create comedy designed for the new medium and provide a template for successful shows that followed. With rare illustrations and the most complete sketch guide yet compiled, this book highlights Caesar's reputation as a brilliant comic actor and describes the writing and production of the weekly live broadcast that kept 60 million TV viewers home on Saturday nights.-- |
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| Physical Description: | pages cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781476671499 1476671494 |